Testing materials



TESTING MATERIALS Filed Nov, 5, 19.24 2 Sheets-Sneel 1 E. LHR

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TESTING MATERIALS;

Application led November 3, 1924, Serial No. 747,644, and in Germany November F, 1923.

My invention refers to. the testing of. materials and more particularly to the test-` ing of metallic parts of machinery. It is an object of my invention to provide means for the ascertaining of. the so-called 'fatigue-limit of such materials in a particularly simple and eiiicient manner. `The fatigue- 'limit isi the strain underwhich amaterial can be placed for instance -a hundred million times, each time beginning with zero,

' without breaking. i

. size and configuration to varying loads ex- While the statietesting of materials in gr order to ascertain for instance 'the proportionality, elasticity orbreaking limlt, can be eiected comparatively easily and quickly,

the testing` with regardtol the fatigue-limit, which governs the resistivity against -dynamic stresses, is very difficult and takes up much time. Hitherto the tests had to be carried onwith great care for many months, these tests consisting in continually subjecting one of a` plurality of test bars of equal ceeding the fatigue-limit. -Thenumber of variations of load which was chosen excessive on purpose, was ascertained which caused the bar to break without showing any exterior signs before breaking.' Obviously a sudden breakingr could be assumed under these circumstances so that the test bar had still been loadedbelow the proper-l den breaking of the material at the respec-A tive load was ascertained, this load being chosen-somewhat smaller for each succeeding test. the last of which required up to 20 million variations of load, the fatigue-limitthat is the strain which the test piece can in all probability be subjected to without breaking with the load varying an infinite num- From 10 to 20 tests of this kind,`

-berof times, was ascertained by taking down the values obtained and asymptoti- .kindl can be ascertained very quickly .in a `particularly simple and eflicient manner by recording the power required for the production of the oscillations in de endency upon theamplitudes of oscillation the path o variations of form). This power is adually increased and 'in consequence thereof also theamplitude of the oscillation of the test pieces lncreases.

of oscillation allows ascertainin tigue-limit. The influence of t e device The bend inn the relation between power vand am litude t e fawhich produces the oscillations on the test piece, in other words theiniiuence which produces the variation of loads actino' on the test piece, is continually increased by hand or automatically until the bend in the relation between power and path of variation of form is exceeded. .y

Investigations have shown the fatiguelimit to coincide with the occurrence of the first permanent displacement of the particles (crystallites) of the test piece structure.

This leads to thediscovery that the power required 'for maintainin the oscillation load acting on the' test piece will increase materially at the moment in which the variations of. form of the structure which until then had been purely elastic, on reaching the fatigue-limit, are -converted ina relative displacement of the p'rticles which can only take place under friction. y'l:referal:ly, instead ot measuringg` the power, the power required-per unit of time ior keep ng up the oscillation strain, is measured The new method can preferably be carried into e'ect by means olf/a 4device such as described in theapplication/'for patent tor the U. S. Ser. No. 585,714, tiled Sept. 1, 1922, by Heymann, this device allowing to increase easily and simply during the tests the inuence of the oscillation producer. This device is provided with a mass having for instance the form of a disc, which carries an cxcentrically disposed body acting as an artificial load. In accordance with the Size lli and the distance between this mass and the axis of rotation and in accordance with the number of rotations and the like the action of the mass produced by centrifugal forces can be varied.

In the device aforesaid the shaft of the discshapcd body is mounted after the Inanner of a pendulum capable of .oscillating about an axis disposed at ri ht angles to the axis of the shaft', the pend being counter-acted by the elastic or spring action of the test piece. It is therefore pos sible for instance to gradually increase the influence of the disc-shaped mass during the test by shifting the mass radially outwards.

The relations between the ower (or, if the number of revolutions of t ie machine is kept constant, only the direction of rotation) and the amplitude of oscillation, the load or variation of form of the test piece can be recorded automatically in the form of curves by means of the devices shown diagrammatically by way of example in the drawings affixed to this specification and formingpart thereof.

In the drawings Fig l shows a recording1 diagram on the abscissa of which the power or the turning moment and on the ordinate of which the amplitude of oscillation of the test piece is recorded. i

Figs. 2 and 3 are a diagrammatic longitudinal section and an elevation of a detail of that part of a fatigue machine with mechani- .cal means for producing oscillations of the test piece, which are mainly intended for the measuring or recording of the curve.

Fig. 4f 1s a diagram showing the arrangement of-parts in a fatigue machine as indiy cated by Whler.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic showing of a sirnilar arrangement for ascertainin the fa tigue-liniit of a test piece subjecte to bending stress.

Referring first to Fig. l of the drawingsy the curve a: distinctly shows at b the bend, that is the point at which with larger angles of oscillation, the power required for maire taining this angle increases at a materially greater rate than with smaller angles. The point b directly indicates the fatigue-limit of the respective test piece.

It is immaterial for the method according to the present invention, what kind of strains or loads the test piece is subjected to and in what form the power producing the oscillations of the test piece is made to .act on it.

As an example of the way in which the invention is carried into effect, the automatic measuring of the fatigue-limit of a test piece subjected to bending stressess shall be described with reference to Fi s. 2 and 3.

c is a kpulley keyed onto a s aft c1, ai is another shaft connected with and serving for ulum motionY :access-ie operatino a pneumatic or mechanical device for prodgucing oscillations, such device being tor instance described in the application for patent, Serial No. 585,714 mentioned above. Between the two shafts there is nserted a dynamometer e (which may however be replaced by any other device for measuring and indicating power consumption). If the number of revolutions of the driving device can be kept constant, a simple torsion meter can be employed, which as shown in the drawing com rises a. coil s ring c having one of its en s fixed to the s laft c1 while its other end is connected with the shaft d, the relative angular movement l of the two ends of the spring affording. means for ascertaining the value of the turning moment acting on the shaft. The test piece is set oscillating by the device (not shown) connected with and driven by a. shaft d.

The power consumed during the test is recorded by means of the recording shaft f, mounted within the hollow shaft cL for axial displacement, shaft f beine however prevented from moving angular y with respect to shaft c. Shaft f is displaced axially by means of a screw thread f1 provided on one half of its end and gearing with the cor responding internal thread provided within the hollow of shaft (E. The free end f2 of the recording shaft acts on a sect-or gl ineslr; ing with a toothed wheel r/' mounted on tlicf` shaft of the recording cylinder g.

The oscillations of the test bar are transi@ mitted for instance by means of a connecting rod /il onto a rocking lever ftg'which is connected with a bar k mounted for axial displacement near the circumference of the cylinder g. A pencil k3 mounted orf'bar 7L in Contact with a paper placed on` cylinder o' beingr displaced together with a bar iby a rocking lever ft2 actuated by the test bar, will record thereon the ordinates spoken of with reference to Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a purely diagrammatic representation of an arrangement for use in connection with a fatigue-machine as submitted by VVhler. In this instance z' is the `test bar and k is a flexible shaft serving for rotating the bar, the springs Z which act on the ends of the bar causing this latter to be gradually bent. e is the dynamometer serving for measuring the power consumed, and c isthe driving pulley. The recording shaft f being adapted to be displaced longitudinally as described with reference to Fig. 2, acts on the mechanism g3, comprising a rack which meshes with a pinion g2 mounted on the shaft of the recording cylinder g. The test bar 2' carries a rod 7i mounted there on with the aid of ball-bearings h4 and acting on the pointer ft provided with a pencil (not shown) spaced in Contact with the recording eylinden in the case where the oscillations of the test bar are brought about by magnetic or electro-magnetic means, I prefer measuring the power consumed by electric means.

An arrangement of this kind is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5. i is the testbar which is set oscillating by the armature ml of an electro-magnet m, coil springs m2 which are connected with the armature, serving for the production of elastic oscillations. The current and voltage of the electro-magnet m pass through a watt meter o, provided with a hand o1 recording its oscillations on the recording cylinder g which is set rotating in dependency from the amplitude of oscillation of the test bar by means of the lever p and a displaceable rack 1 acting on the pinion p2 mounted on the cy inder shaft.

The tests can be carried through in a very short time as the amplitudes of oscillation are increased by regulating the inuence of the device which produces these oscillations, in the last mentioned case the armature m,

on the test bar i until'the bend b of the curve hasv beenpassed. My novel method enables finished arts of machinery to be tested for" their atiguelimit wit out distraint. l

Any number of periods of the oscillation strain placed on the test piece can be used, but I prefer carrying out the successive measuring at the rate o resonance of the oscillating arrangement comprising the test piece or being influenced mechanically as in this case the power supplied to the test piece forms the greatest possible part of the total power consumed whereby not only the economy of the-device is rendered particularly favorable, but also the measuring and recording of the'power will be carried out with-the greatest exactness., lf wishit to be understood that I do not desire to be4 limited to the exact details of construction as shown and described, for any obvious modifications will occur to `a. person skilled in the art. Y i

I claimz 1. The method of ascertaining the fatiguelimit of solid bodies comprising setting the test bodies oscillating, means being used to cause such oscillations to simu1taneouslyopcrate a. recording device in `one direction proportional to power employed and in another direction proportional to amplitude of oscillation, and recording the relation between the power required in producing the oscillations fand the value of the amplitudes of oscillation, the recording curve reprel 'senting the two quantities as coordinates,

the bend of the recording curve showing the fatigue-limit.

2. The method of ascertaining the fatiguelimit. of solid bodies comprising setting the test bodies oscillating, means being used to cause such oscillations to simultaneously opa erate a recording device in one direction proportional to power employed and in another direction proportional to amplitude of oscillation, and recording the relation between the power required in producing the oscillations and the value of the amplitudes of oscillation, the recording curve representing the two quantities as co-ordinates, the bend of the recording curve showing the fatiguelimit, and constantly increasing the amplitudes of oscillation until the bend is eX ceeded.

The method of ascertaining the fatigue i limit of solid bodies comprising setting the test bodies oscillating, means being used to cause such oscillations to simultaneously opcrate a recording device in one directioif proportional to power employed and in another direction Cproportional to amplitude of oscillation, an recording the relation between the power required in reducing the oscillations and the value of t 1e amplitudes of oscillation, the recording curve representing the two quantities as co-ordinates, the bend of the recording curve showing the fatiguelimit, and constantly and automatically increasing the amplitudes of oscillation until the bend is exceeded. Y 'l 4. The method of ascertaining the fatiguelimit of solid bodies comprising setting the test bodies oscillating, means being used to cause such oscillations to simultaneously opcrate a recording device in one direction proportional to power employed and in another direction proportional to amplitude of oseillation, and recording the relation between the power required in producing the oscilla tions and the value ofthe amplitudes of os cillation, the recording curve representing .the two quantities as 2o-ordinates, the bend of the recording curve showing the fatigueli'mit, and regulating the iniiuence of the means which produce the oscillations onto the test bodies so as to constantly increase the amplitudes of oscillation until the'bend is exceeded. 1 l

The method of ascertaining the fatiguelimit of solid bodies comprising setting the test bodies oscillating, means being used to u cause such oscillations to simultaneously operate a recording device in one direction proc portional to power employed and in another liti direction proportional to amplitude of oscillation, and recording the relation between the power required in producing the oscillations and the value of the amplitudes of oscillation., the recording curve representing the two quantities as cti-ordinates, the bend of the recording curve showing the fatiguelimit, the records being taken at the rate of resonance of the entire arrangement. Y

6. A device fori ascertaining the atigue= limitv ofsolid bodies comprising in combination, means for setting the test bodies oscilloting, means for measuring the power con izo '4| Y Leosss sumed thereby in the unit of time and means amplitudes of oscillation of the testv bodies. ,for measuring the amplitudes of oscillation a recording device and means for transmit-v 10' of the test bodies ting to said recording device comprising a 7. Device for ascertaining the fatiguepencil and a recording strip the movements 5 limit of solid bodies comprising in combmaof said two measuring means in different tion, means for setting the test bodies oscildirections. y lating, means for measuring the power con- In testimony whereof I aix my sivnature. sumed thereby, means for measuring the 4 ERNST LHR. 

